The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7136

7136. The Way of the Cross Leads Home

1. I must needs go home by the way of the cross,
There’s no other way but this;
I shall ne’er get sight of the gates of light,
If the way of the cross I miss.

Refrain
The way of the cross leads home,
The way of the cross leads home,
It is sweet to know as I onward go,
The way of the cross leads home.

2. I must needs go on in the blood sprinkled way,
The path that the Savior trod,
If I ever climb to the heights sublime,
Where the soul is at home with God. [Refrain]

3. Then I bid farewell to the way of the world,
To walk in it never more;
For the Lord says, Come, and I seek my home,
Where He waits at the open door. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: I must needs go home by the way of the cross
• Title: The Way of the Cross Leads Home
• Author: Jessie Brown Pounds (1906)
• Refrain First Line: The way of the cross leads home
• Language: English
• Source: Living Praises No. 2, by Charles Gabriel & W. W. Dowling (St. Louis, Missouri: Christian Publishing Company, 1906)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [I must needs go home by the way of the cross]
• Composer: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
• Incipit: 56111 21334 32171
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain